2005
Cross-Sectional Association of Kidney Function with Valvular and Annular Calcification: The Framingham Heart Study
Fox C, Larson M, Vasan R, Guo C, Parise H, Levy D, Leip E, O’Donnell C, D’Agostino R, Benjamin E. Cross-Sectional Association of Kidney Function with Valvular and Annular Calcification: The Framingham Heart Study. Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2005, 17: 521-527. PMID: 16382018, DOI: 10.1681/asn.2005060627.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMitral annular calcificationAortic annular calcificationAnnular calcificationValvular calcificationKidney diseaseAortic sclerosisKidney functionPresence of MACTotal/HDL cholesterolVascular risk factor burdenRenal Disease Study equationEnd-stage kidney diseaseRisk factor burdenCardiovascular risk factorsCardiovascular disease eventsChronic kidney diseaseEarly kidney diseaseBody mass indexOnset of ESRDFramingham Offspring StudyTwo-dimensional echocardiographyFramingham Heart StudyDiastolic BPHDL cholesterolHypertension treatment
2004
Obesity and the Risk of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation
Wang T, Parise H, Levy D, D’Agostino R, Wolf P, Vasan R, Benjamin E. Obesity and the Risk of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation. JAMA 2004, 292: 2471-2477. PMID: 15562125, DOI: 10.1001/jama.292.20.2471.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexNew-onset atrial fibrillationEchocardiographic left atrial diameterLeft atrial diameterAtrial fibrillationRisk factorsAtrial diameterBMI categoriesMass indexAF riskCommunity-based observational cohortNormal body mass indexAge-adjusted incidence ratesInterim myocardial infarctionCardiovascular risk factorsVentricular diastolic dysfunctionBaseline atrial fibrillationClinical risk factorsModifiable risk factorsInfluence of obesityDiastolic dysfunctionAtrial dilatationAtrial dimensionClinical confoundersHazard ratio